Occupational Therapist

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**Location**: Kapiti Health Centre

**Service**: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

**Contact**: Eeuwe Schuckard - Team Leader
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
We have a vacancy for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our multi-disciplinary team. We offer an exciting work environment and provide opportunities to support your on-going professional development. You will be working with an experienced multidisciplinary team who strive to provide high quality care to tangata whaiora family/whanau seeking mental health and addiction services.

**If you have the following attributes we are looking for you**:

- Ability to work in a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and demonstrate values consistent with those of the MHAID 3DHB Services.
- Committed to working within the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
- Capacity to practice in a manner that engages tangata whaiora/consumers/whanau from a range of different cultural backgrounds.
- Ability to work effectively with partner agencies in the community to meet a diverse range of needs.
- Demonstrate competence in communicating with a wide range of people, and lead meetings and document outcomes and plansMō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

The Child Adolescent Mental Health Service, Kapiti Team, provides mental health services to children and youth in the Kapiti community. The successful applicant will become part of a multidisciplinary team delivering quality care to tangata whaiora/consumers/families.
Moū - About you
Duties
- Provide high quality psycho-social assessment and treatment, regularly reviewing your care with the wider team.
- Strong recovery focus in your work with tangata whaiora/consumers/family.
- Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments.
- Formulate and develop risk management plans and articulate wider mental health needs.
- Provide case management to coordinate the care of tangata whaiora/consumers and their families/whanau.
- Liaise with other health providers and MHAIDS teams, NGOs, PHOs social and government agencies to facilitate care for service users.
- Document clinical all activities including tangata whaiora and whanau contacts.
- Participate in, and contribute to, service planning and development.Skills and Experience:

- Current NZ registration as an Occupational Therapist.
- High level of knowledge, understanding and experience working with young people presenting with mental health and addiction difficulties.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Capacity to work effectively in a team environment with a commitment to providing person/family centred care.
- Undertake a range of therapeutic interventions with tangata whaiora individually or in group setting
- Competent in communicating with a wide range of people, leading meetings and documenting outcomes and plans.
- Skilled and competent with Information Technology.E pā ana ki a tatou - About us

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

**To find out more about us click on the following links**:
Capital and Coast
Hutt Valley
Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service
Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply
Your safety and that of our patients is important to us. It is our expectation that you will be fully vaccinated against COVID 19, having received two doses of an approved COVID 19 vaccination.
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By joining together we will succeed